Using dfm managing your dotfiles with perl and git by Nate Jones LA.pm - 9/21/2011 

about me 

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github: justone twitter: @ndj http://endot.org 



in the beginning 

.bashrc .vimrc 

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version control! 

Ready, set, go! ssh firstbox svn import . $MTSVN -m 'initial' ssh secondbox svn checkout $MTSVN . svn add/commit/update 

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brave new world 

Requirements accessible anywhere shareable quick to install/update easy to modify 

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Prior work many shared dotfiles repos clone and symlink make, shell, ruby 

let's try it out 

Step 0 fork on github: https://github.com/justone/dotfiles set up your own master repo 

Installation $ git clone [email protected]:username/dotfiles.git .dotfiles Cloning into .dotfiles... remote: Counting objects: 1685, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (830/830), done. remote: Total 1685 (delta 714), reused 1632 (delta 689) Receiving objects: 100% (1685/1685), 1.19 MiB | 438 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (714/714), done. $ ./.dotfiles/.bin/dfm INFO: Installing dotfiles... INFO: Symlinking .bashrc.load (.dotfiles/.bashrc.load). INFO: Symlinking bin (.dotfiles/bin). INFO: Appending loader to .bashrc 

Adding a file $ vi .vimrc $ mv .vimrc .dotfiles $ dfm install INFO: Installing dotfiles... INFO: Symlinking .vimrc (.dotfiles/.vimrc). $ dfm add .vimrc $ dfm status -s A .vimrc $ dfm commit -m 'added vimrc' [master 6c12a63] adding vimrc 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 .vimrc $ dfm push origin master Counting objects: 4, done. Compressing objects: 100% (2/2), done. Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 265 bytes, done. Total 3 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0) To [email protected]:username/dotfiles.git 012325a..6c12a63 master -> master 

Changing a file $ vi .vimrc $ dfm status -s M .vimrc $ dfm commit -am 'updated vimrc' [master be47490] updated 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) $ dfm push origin master Counting objects: 4, done. Compressing objects: 100% (2/2), done. Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 301 bytes, done. Total 3 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0) To [email protected]:username/dotfiles.git a0d469b..5a745c4 master -> master 

Getting latest dotfiles $ dfm updates remote: Counting objects: 5, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (2/2), done. remote: Total 3 (delta 1), reused 3 (delta 1) Unpacking objects: 100% (3/3), done. From github.com:username/dotfiles 5a745c4..012325a master -> origin/master 012325a: updated vimrc $ dfm mi INFO: using merge to bring in changes Updating 5a745c4..012325a Fast-forward .vimrc | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) INFO: re-installing dotfiles INFO: Installing dotfiles... 

special powers 

Run any git commands $ dfm status -s M .vimrc $ pushd ~/.dotfiles ~/.dotfiles ~ $ git status -s M .vimrc $ popd ~ 

Backups $ cat .vimrc syntax on $ dfm install INFO: Installing dotfiles... INFO: Backing up .vimrc. INFO: Symlinking .vimrc (.dotfiles/.vimrc). $ cat .vimrc set nocompatible set bg=dark set ts=4 sw=4 set incsearch $ cat .backup/.vimrc syntax on 

Skipping files $ ls -l .dotfiles/README.md -rw-rw-r-- .dotfiles/README.md $ cat .dotfiles/.dfminstall README.md skip $ dfm install INFO: Installing dotfiles... $ ls README.md ls: cannot access README.md: No such file or directory 

Recursion $ ls -l .dotfiles/.ssh/ -rw-r--r-- config $ cat .dotfiles/.dfminstall .ssh $ dfm install INFO: Installing dotfiles... INFO: Symlinking config (../.dotfiles/.ssh/config). $ ls -ld .ssh/ drwx------ .ssh/ $ ls -l .ssh lrwxrwxrwx .ssh/config -> ../.dotfiles/.ssh/config -rw-r--r-- .ssh/known_hosts 

looking forward 

Low hanging fruit grow test suite more documentation 'dfm uninstall' 'dfm umi' clean up dangling symlinks 

Ease of use starter repositories integrate bootstrap script ensure compatibility with zsh 

Advanced script to help with managing multiple branches automatic update checker git hooks ??? 

more information 

Source and documentation http://github.com/justone/dotfiles http://github.com/justone/dotfiles/wiki http://github.com/justone/dfm_present 

Thanks http://git-scm.com/ http://www.perl.org/ https://github.com/schacon/showoff http://www.openclipart.org/ 

questions?